About Me

Helping to build a future in which humans live in harmony with nature...

ABOUT ME

Hey!

I'm Leonie, a very optimistic, open-minded and creative person. I love getting to know new people & to exchange experiences! I'm also a bit crazy and ALWAYS up for a new adventure!!!

My biggest passion is travelling & I decided to turn this passsion into my future profession and started to study tourism. I'm into alternative tourism/ eco-tourism and my aim is to support responsible, environmentally-friendly tourism which is why I specialied in Wildlife Conservation Management.

PHILOSOPHY

There are hundreds of languages in the world... A SMILE speaks them all :)

Why I'm on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Unfortunately I don't have the possibility to host people for the next months as I don't have enough space...
However, I'd love to meet heaps of new people via CS - on events, outings, daytrips, travels or when surfing couches :)

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I enjoy travelling (as probably everyone here ;)) but more so I love living abroad and experiecing other cultures by being integrated into the communities. CS makes it very easy to get in contact with locals which is AWESOME!!!

I started "couchsurfing" in October 2009 with a friend who had been couchsurfing for a long time. We spontaneously decided to go on holidays to the South of Germany which is when she introduced couchsurfing to me. My 1st couchsurfing experience was 1 of my best & I'll never forget it!!!
Then I couchsurfed on my own and made GREAT EXPERIENCES as well and I'm so happy about it because there's NO MORE LIMIT FOR TRAVELING anymore!!!

I've only made very good experiences so far really!!! I met soo many great people and always had a good time with my hosts/surfers! I'm still in contact with most of them :)
It seems as you've already got FRIENDS ALL AROUND THE WORLD! All the people I met through CS were soo friendly, I had great conversations and ALWAYS A GOOD TIME!!! All of them were so hospitably, it's amazing!:)

Everytime I met another CS, I got to know about different lifestyles, travels and I always broadened my horizon. I got to know many things in a short term of time, improved my language skills and the best: I've never been alone even tho I was traveling by myself sometimes...

DONE:
Naked Bungy Jump, Skydiving, Glacier walk, Black Water Rafting, camping on Pulpit Rock in Norway, getting close to and living in a NP surrounded by wild animals in South Africa's nature/national parks (lions, rhinos, zebras, giraffes, ...), volunteering at a bottlenose dolphin research project!!

Teach, Learn, Share

I'd love to learn more about all the 1000 different cultures in this world and I'd like to regive the German culture. If you're interested in New Zealand, I could also tell you a lot about the country and recommendations where to go, what to see & to do there. I also always like to share my knowledge about South African wildlife that I gained during my intensive Wildlife course!

I enjoy sharing experiences, particulary about travels and about vegetarianism/veganism. I'd also love to learn more about vegan cooking/ lifestyles.
...and learning languages :)